What is an I.P. when talking about law?

Question

I asked a question about a law and they said the police could trace your I.P. but I was also talking about the internet so could it be Internet Profile?

Answer 1

IP stands for internet protocol. The police can track your IP for certain things, but for others it takes a court order and the help of your ISP. Which of course is fairly easy to get.

Answer 2

It's your IP address. Basically it's traceable only to your connection and they could track you that way.

Answer 3

Generally, I.P. in a legal context is short for "intellectual property". But, in this case it stands for "internet protocol". It's the address composed of a string of numbers that the cops get from your internet service provider (ISP) when they want to run a trace. it usually looks something like this:

123.456.789. 0

More on this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address